The valley was a scene of utter devastation. The Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake and the Ghost-Face Centipede had yet to decide a victor, but after fighting to this point, both were already spent arrows at the end of their flight.
For Lin Xuan, there could not have been a better opportunity.
A green gleam flashed, and he suddenly appeared from his hiding place.
Then his left and right hands lifted lightly at the same time, sweeping out to both sides as if parting water.
With his movement, a clear ringing entered the ear. Two fiery-red sword lights swam out from his sleeves like fish, swift as lightning, and shot fiercely toward the front.
Only then did the insect and snake realize something was wrong. They turned their heads back in some astonishment, yet still refused to loosen their bites. In that state, how could they possibly dodge?
A soft hiss entered the ear. Blood sprayed, and the Red-Scaled Twin-Tailed Snake and the Ghost-Face Centipede had their heads taken off at the same time.
"Not bad, not bad."
As the escape light drew in, Lin Xuan landed beside the corpses of the two monsters, a satisfied look on his face. That he had succeeded in one strike was, of course, because he had seized the timing to perfection, but more importantly, it was because the Nine Palaces Instantaneous Sword was sharp to an indescribable degree. Otherwise, the two fellows before him were both thick-skinned brutes, covered from head to toe in scales and armor. Especially at vital spots like their heads, their defensive power was no small matter. Even if they used their heads to take the life-bound treasures of ordinary Dongxuan Realm cultivators head-on, there would not have been much of a problem.
After wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless